Metabolic engineering of high carotenoid potato tubers containing enhanced levels of β-carotene and lutein

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 409, 2005, Pages 81-89

  Ducreux, Laurence J M ^a   Morris, Wayne L ^a   Hedley, Peter E ^a   Shepherd, Tom ^a   Davies, Howard V ^a   Millam, Steve ^a   Taylor, Mark A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotene; Carotenoids; Lutein; Microarray; Potato; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; NUTRITION;

CAROTENOID POTATO TUBERS; GENE ENCODING; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; VECTOR CONTROL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABSCISIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT TUBER; POTATO; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LUTEIN; PLANT TUBERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ERWINIA; PANTOEA ANANATIS; SOLANUM; SOLANUM PHUREJA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 11444264904     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri016     Document Type: Article

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